Every year on the Fourth of
July we remember our
founding fathers and the
precious inheritance of
freedom that they secured
for us. Every year it seems
we get further and further
away from that birthright,
but we still have much to
celebrate.
This country was founded on
principles of freedom from
overbearing rulers, onerous
taxation, and the right to
live our lives as we see
fit. Our independence was
won after decades, and even
centuries of abuses that
unscrupulous, corrupted
leaders and big governments
visited upon their
subjects. The Founders knew
there was a better way, and
they forged it here on this
soil.
In the new United States of
America, the rights of the
individual were enshrined in
the Bill of Rights. Today,
government encroaches on
those rights through
countless provisions in
numerous laws. However, how
much worse off might we be
had the Founders not
enumerated these rights in
the highest law of the
land? While it is true that
many aspects of those rights
have been redefined and
watered down, and will
likely continue to be
eroded, we can celebrate the
wisdom of the Founders and
that at our very core we, as
Americans, still hold these
rights dear.
The American tradition of
individual liberty and
self-reliance still runs
deep, in spite of the
increasing nanny state
tendencies that government
has been gradually shoving
down our throats. It is sad
to see government seeking to
completely replace the
voluntary protections
through families and
charities that we have
relied on throughout our
history. Especially
disturbing is the rhetoric
of community and
interdependence being
employed by the
administration to institute
government as the great
middle man for all
healthcare and charity for
which all citizens must
dutifully sacrifice. This
trend is not improving
quality of life for
Americans, but instead is
greatly enriching the
government bureaucracies
that take a generous cut of
all transactions in the
welfare state. There still
remains much resistance to
cradle to grave government
dependence and control.
This spirit of fierce
independence is a tribute to
our founders and is cause to
celebrate.
The majority of our Founders
believed in sound money, in
part because they knew it
kept government in check.
Governments that are unable
to expand the money supply
and manipulate credit at
will are unable to fund
frivolous wars of conquest.
Instead of adventurism
abroad, seeking monsters to
destroy, governments
restrained by sound money
are restricted to truly
defensive wars that the
people are willing to fight
and to fund. Today, in
spite of all the economic
turmoil that fiat currency
and military interventionism
has caused, there is cause
to celebrate. The demand to
audit the Federal Reserve is
quite encouraging. The
truth about the fed will put
us one step closer to sound
money, and peace.
Public outcry against the
bank bailouts and the
government power grab known
as cap-and-trade proves that
the spirit of liberty still
lives. Part of our
celebration of Independence
Day should include a renewed
determination to keep
fighting the good fight for
freedom. As long as
government continually seeks
to take liberties away,
patriots need to keep
fighting this ongoing war
for sustained independence.
Posted
by Ron Paul (07-06-2009,
12:15 PM) filed under
Civil Liberties
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